Husking-ferrule.



A. S. LYDDON.

HUSKING FERRULE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1a, 1908.

930,300. Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT {)FETGE.

ARTHUR S. LYDDON, OF STUART, IOWA.

HUSKING-FERRULE.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR S. LYDDoN, a

citizen of the United States of America, and

resident of Stuart, Guthrie county, Iowa, have invented a new and usefulHusking- Ferrule, of which the followmg 1s a specification.

The ob ect of this inventlon 1s to provide 1 improved means for aidingin removing the I husks from ear corn.

. hand, to the thumb of which my improved device is applied. Fig. 2 is abottom plan view of my improved device detached from the holding strap.Figs. 3 and 4 are opposite end views respectively of the device.

My improved device preferably is constructed of asingle piece of sheetmetal shaped and formed by stamping. The body portion of the device isdesignated by the numeral and is concavo-convex in cross-section. Thebody portion 10 of the device is provided with a plurality of hooks,lugs or projections 1 1, 12 preferably struck outward from the bodyportion and of general triangular form. The hooks, lugs or projections11 12 preferably are curved between their ends in the same direction andare arranged on parallel planes also parallel to the trend of the bodyportion. This causes the concaved forward faces of the lugs or hooks 11,12 to be presented to the husks and prevents portions of the husksworking through the holes at the rear of the hooks to the injury of thethumb. Arms or lips 13, 14 are formed on and extend laterally from oneend portion of the body 10, and said lips are curved throughout theirlengths and one of them overlaps the other in such manneras to form aring adapted to embrace the extremity of a thumb of the user.

from the opposite end portion of the body 10 and are curved throughouttheir lengths. One of the arms 15, 16 may overlap the other in suchmanner as to produce a ring adapted to embrace the base of a thumb ofthe user. A wrist-strap 17 is provided and is formed with a lateralextension 18 intermediate of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 16, 1908.

Arms 15, 16 are formed on and extend laterally 5 Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

Serial No. 462,803.

its ends and extending in contact with the inner faces of the arms 15,16. The lateral extension 18 of the wriststrap 17 is secured to the arm16, preferably by a rivet 19. The wrist-strap 17 is provided with abuckle 20 and billet on its respective ends, whereby it can be securedto the wrist of the user.

In practical use of this device, assuming the husker to be right-handed,it would be mounted. as shown in Fig. 1, on the thumb of the left handof the husker. A mitten 21 preferably would be mounted on the handbefore the ferrule is mounted on the thumb, thus protecting the thumbfrom abrading by the ferrule and also protecting it from the lowtemperatures usually prevailing at the time of its use. A husking pin(not shown) would be worn on the right hand of the husker.

In the use of the ferrule, the hooks, lugs or projections 11, 12- wouldbe caused to engage the husks of ear corn opposite to the engagement ofsaid husks by the husking pin, and through such engagement said hookswould assist the husker in removing the husks from the corn.

It will be observed that the overlapping arms 15, 16 form arcs of agreater circle than do the overlapping arms 13, 14. This is for thereason that the former arms are adapted to embrace the base of thethumb, while the latter arms embrace and surround the extremity of thethumb. It will be observed that the arms 15, 16 are not connected attheir extremities and that the same is true of the arms 13, 14. This isfor the purpose of permitting the degree of overlapping of said arms tobe adjusted to fit the ferrule to thumbs of various sizes.

It will be observed that the pairs of arms 13-1 1, 1516 diverge and arespaced apart. This is for the purpose of forming an opening at the rearof the first joint of the thumb and permitting flexing of the thumbduring use of the ferrule.

I claim as my invention 1. A husking ferrule adapted to be worn on athumb, comprising a metal body formed. with arms arranged in pairs ono-'=,' osite ends of said body, said arms overlapping and disconnectedin the pairs, one pair of arms spaced and diverging from the other pair,thus providing an opening in the back of the ferrule opposite the firstjoint of said thumb, said body formed with engaging -means, and a strapattached to one only of said arms.

2. A metal husking ferrule of generally lapping arms on its ends adaptedto embrace frustum shape and adapted to be worn on a a thumb adjustably,and means for securing thumb, said ferrule cut away intermediate saidferrule to a hand. of its ends on one side opposite the back of Signedby me at Stuart, Iowa, this 16th the first joint of said thumb, saidferrule day of December, 1907. formed .wit 1 inte ra en 'a m 1100 Scurved outwardly in a Forward gire ction interme- ARTHUR LYDDON' diateof its ends, the concaved outer faces of Witnesses: said hooks adaptedto engage the husks, said JAs. H. SMITH,

10 ferrule also formed with disconnected over- A. CUNNINGHAM.

